Cascade Geographic Society's
Mount Hood Festivals & Events
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Cascade Geographic Society’s
Year 2010 Mount Hood Festivals & Events
2nd Annual
Mount Hood Ghost Conference
{featured in conjunction
with Trails End Paranormal Society]
(Friday) April 23rd, 2010 ~
“Ghost Stories
From Mount Hood’s Haunted Landscapes” --- 5:30 p.m. to 6:30
p.m. [free]
(Saturday) April 24th,
2010 ---
“Paranormal
Workshops, Speakers, Specialty Booths, Food, & More” --- 10 a.m.
to 6 p.m. [free]
“Ghost Stories
From Mount Hood’s Haunted Landscapes” --- 5:30 p.m. to 6:30
p.m. [free]
“Paranormal
Investigation of Mount Hood’s Haunted Village” --- 7 p.m. to 10
p.m. [fee required]
(Sunday) April 25th, 2010 ---
“Paranormal
Workshops, Speakers, Specialty Booths, Food, & More” --- 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. [free]
at Mt. Hood Village
65000 East U.S. Highway
26
between the historic
Villages of Welches & Brightwood, Oregon
The paranormal, history, folklore, and science blends together in this
very unique Spring
conference that is suitable for the entire family. This
is the only gathering
of this sort reportedly ever known to take place on
Mount Hood and this
should prove to be both an educational and entertaining
experience. This conference features speakers on the paranormal and
investigations about
a variety of sites said to be haunted, and this
includes the Shanghai
Tunnels, and will also focus on the use of sensitives
or psychics in investigations,
ghost hunting on the cheap, and what
Electronic Voice Phenomena
(EVP) reveals, including updates on Cascade
Geographic Society’s
“Project Ghost”. There will be workshops on
investigative tools
and tactics, the beneficial uses of “Ghost Boxes” in
investigations, a
“Ghost Photo Debate: Real or Not?” and a whole lot more,
including historic
cemetery preservation, maintenance, safety, research, and
investigation. Booths will feature specialty items relating to ghosts and
ghost hunting, and
much more, such as exhibits on selective investigations
and equipment that
can be used n proving that a site is haunted. There will
be a free storytelling
program on both Friday and Saturday evenings that
will feature ghost
stories from Mount Hood’s haunted landscapes, and there
will even be a paranormal
investigation of a haunted pioneer village on
Saturday night. And, reaching back into our frontier past, Buffalo Chili
and pioneer biscuits
with huckleberry jam will be available for purchase
throughout the conference,
beginning at 11 a.m., which should help
complement the early
Spring weather. In addition, a light breakfast
consisting of pastries
and huckleberry coffee will also be on sale in the
early morning hours
of ³Mount Hood Ghost Conference².
13th Annual
Mount Hood Oregon Trail Quilt Show: Past & Present
(A heritage Exhibition
& Music Jamboree)
(Saturday) July 17th,
2010 ~ Noon to 5 p.m. &
(Sunday) July 18th,
2010 ~ Noon to 5 p.m.
at the “Oregon Country Settlement” (a living history village)
73370 East Buggy Trail
Drive in the historic Village of Rhododendron
[located behind the
Still Creek Inn]
No Admission! Free Parking!
The heritage of our quilting traditions is celebrated in this two-day
event. Held in the Village of Rhododendron during the month of July, this
special event brings
together heritage quilts of the past -- such as those
dating back to the
days of the Oregon Trail, hand-sewn by those who made the
2,000-plus mile journey
westward -- with the artistic quilts of contemporary
times. Besides quilts there will be arts and crafts on sale, Huckleberry
jam and other wildberry
goodies, historical and Nature books, and unique
Oregon Trail walking
sticks, plus storytelling. On Saturday and Sunday
musicians from several
genres will be performing.
8th Annual
Living History Village
(Saturday) August
7th, 2010 ~ Noon to 5 p.m. &
(Sunday) August 8th,
2010 ~ Noon to 5 p.m.
at the “Oregon Country Settlement” (a living history village)
73370 East Buggy Trail
Drive in the historic Village of Rhododendron
[located behind the
Still Creek Inn]
No Admission! Free Parking!
Take a journey back into time with Cascade Geographic Society in
their special living
history village known as the “Oregon Country
Settlement”. Here, on beautiful Mount Hood and located along the Oregon
Trail, the sights,
sounds, and smells of frontier life can be revisited once
more as interpreters
in period clothing takes you on a unique journey of
history and wonderment. Amongst this cluster of protected historic
buildings and wilderness
shelters, the 1840’s is alive and well. View life
as it once was as
you visit the “Wilderness House”, the “Trading Post”, the
“Blacksmith
Shop”, the “Wash House”, the “Spirits House”, the “Parlor”, the
“Community House”
(school and church), the ,”Cook’s Shack”, the “Pantry
Building”, the
“Mess Hall”, the “Carpenter’s Shop”, the “Stables”, the
“Hermit’s
Shack”, the “Tyee Bear Lodge”, the “Smoke House”, the “Bell
Tower”, the
“Native American Storytelling Lodge”, and other unique
structures. Purchase pioneer foods like Oregon Trail Buffalo Stew and
Frontier Biscuits,
fire-brewed Barlow Trail Coffee, and hot Mount Hood Apple
Cider, listen to great
old-time music and storytelling, try your skill at
throwing knives and
tomahawks, and take advantage of our gift shop where
Huckleberry Jam and
other goodies awaits you along with history and nature
books, nickel postcards,
and a whole lot more. A great family experience!
26th Annual
Mount Hood Huckleberry
Festival & Barlow Trail Days
August 27th, 2010 (Friday) --- 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. ~
(plus a special ³Huckleberry Friday Evening Concert² --- 7 p.m. to 10
p.m.),
& August 28th,
2010 (Saturday) --- 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. ~
(plus a special ³Huckleberry Saturday Evening Concert² --- 7 p.m. to 10
p.m.),
& August 29th, 2010 (Sunday) --- 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ~
Mt. Hood Village,
65000 East U.S. Highway 26,
[near the historic
Villages of Welches and Brightwood, Oregon]
No Admission! Free Parking!
1840’s Oregon Trail emigrant Samuel Welch founded the Village of Welches
in the western foothills
of Mount Hood in 1880. By 1890 he had modified his
two-story farmhouse
into a hotel to go along with the campground he had
built two years earlier. To celebrate, he decided to hold an annual
festival to celebrate the birth of tourism on this Mountain that the Native
Americans called “Wy’East”. This pioneer celebration survived up until the
realities of the Great
Depression in the 1930’s forced it to come to an
abrupt halt. Then 24 years ago the Cascade Geographic Society revived it
and started out with
a table in a parking lot trying to get people to
remember this Mountain’s
great heritage. Today, we are celebrating our
Twenty-Second Anniversary.
The festivities include free historical tours of
the Oregon Trail,
original and traditional Folk music, arts and crafts,
antiques and collectables,
historical and natural resource exhibits, and
more. One of the highlights is the “World’s Record-Breaking Watermelon
Launch” (Saturday afternoon), where catapults and other uniquely-designed
contraptions launch
watermelons and other produce into outer space. There
are lots of delicious
Huckleberry Pies and Tarts, Huckleberry jams and
sauces and a selection
of other Wild Berry jams, even fresh Huckleberries.
There's a Native American
Salmon bake, Native American storytelling, a
“Huckleberry
Ceremony”, and much, much more including “Great Northwest
Music” featuring
incredible singer-songwriters all day long, with a
“Huckleberry
Friday Evening Concert” between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., a
“Huckleberry
Saturday Evening Concert” between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. followed by
a “Huckleberry
Jam (Session)” on between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. There will be
something for the
whole family! This three-day event is always held during
the month of August
the weekend before Labor Day Weekend.
19th Annual
Mount Hood Salmon
& Mushroom Festival
(Saturday) October 2nd, 2010 & (Sunday) October 3rd, 2010
Featuring ³Native
American Salmon Bake² (on both days),
&
the “Mount Hood Scarecrow Championship” (on both
days)
&
“Mount Hood Scarecrow Fashion Show” (on both days)
~ 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
on Saturday/10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday~
Mt. Hood Village, 65000 East U.S. Highway 26,
near the historic
Village of Brightwood, Oregon
No Admission! Free Parking!
Two of the Northwest’s greatest bounties are the Salmon and Wild
Mushrooms, which are
the honored celebrities at this festival, is featured
at this 17th annual
event. This two-day, family-oriented event is held
during the month of
October to welcome home the return of the Salmon to the
streams of Oregonıs
Mount Hood and the Wild Mushrooms to its forested
landscapes. Featured is Native American storytelling, original Folk music,
arts and crafts, exhibits
on Salmon and Wild Mushrooms (including Mushroom
identification), and
great food. There is a Native American Salmon bake and
Salmon Habitat Walks,
and Wild Mushrooms on sale. A scarecrow-making
contest will take
place on both days.
26th Annual
Christmas Along The
Barlow Trail
(Saturday) December 4th, 2010 ~ “Oregon Trail Christmas Village” ~ 1 p.m.
to 4 p.m.
at the “Oregon
Country Settlement” (a living history village)
73370 East Buggy Trail
Drive
in the historic Village
of Rhododendron, Oregon
[located behind the
Still Creek Inn]
No Admission! Free Parking!
(Sunday) December 5th, 2010 ~ “Oregon Trail Heritage Tour” ~ 11 a.m. to 1
p.m.
(carpool tour)
meet at “Stage
Stop Road Interpretative Center”
24525 East Welches
Road
(at the junction of
East Welches Road and Stage Stop Road)
No Admission! Free Parking!
This 25th annual celebration is a free, festive gathering held on Mount
Hood that features
two special events associated with the history of the
Oregon Trail, where
it traversed around the Mountainıs southern flank. Held
on Saturday during
the day and late-Sunday morning a few weeks before
Christmas, this is
an event for the entire family.
On Saturday afternoon, visitors will gather at the “Oregon Trail
Christmas Village”
from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Featured is a traditional holiday
festivity held at
a pioneer village along a section of the Barlow Trail
[i.e., the Willamette
Valley-bound emigrantıs route over the 1295-foot Mount
Hood] with re-enactors,
dressed in period clothing, interpreting this Winter
holiday as it was
in our past, making it an ideal event for adults and
children alike. There will be traditional Christmas caroling, Folk music,
free Christmas goodies
and hot drinks. This is also an opportunity to shop
for unique historical
and nature books, Huckleberry and other Wildberry
jams, and specialty
products made from this wildland bounty that would be
ideal for gifts..,
especially for those who are hard to buy for. And,
naturally, Santa Claus
will be there on duty from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. The
main feature, however,
is “Christmas Tales of Old Oregon” that begins at 2
p.m., which is a unique
storytelling program that takes you from the days of
the Lewis & Clark
Expedition at the rainy and cold Pacific Coast in 1805, to
the days of the Oregon
Trail and pioneer settlement, and concluding on the
slopes of Mount Hood
in the early 1900’s.
The “Oregon Trail Heritage Tour” is held on Sunday between 11 a.m. and 1
p.m. Historic sites and trail routes of Samuel Kimbrough Barlow’s route
over Mount Hood are
visited. From Toll Gate to pioneer campsites, graves,
and other places of
interest are visited. This free tour will be located
below the snow zone. [SPECIAL NOTE: This is a car-pool tour. Dress for
the weather and please
arrive on time. A low-elevation snow will cancel
this event.]
11th Annual
Pioneer Harvest Feast
(volunteer appreciation
dinner)
(Saturday) December 4th, 2010 ~ 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
at the “Oregon
Country Settlement” (a living history village)
73370 East Buggy Trail
Drive
in the historic Village
of Rhododendron, Oregon
Free to Cascade Geographic
Society Members --- $15.00 Non-Members
This annual dinner celebrates the efforts of the volunteers of the
Cascade Geographic
Society. It is a time to enjoy good food and company,
reflect back on the
successes of the past year, and look forward to the next
twelve months. And, of course, there are awards for those special efforts
that people have made
to make dreams turn into reality. Lots of fun!
For Further Information
or for Updates,
Please Contact:
Cascade Geographic
Society
€ Post Office
Box 398 € Rhododendron, Oregon 97049 €
€ (503) 622-4798
€
€ email: cgsmthood@onemail.com €
€ website: cgsmthood.com €